Milk-can.



No. 800,085. PATBNTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

H. E. DILL. v

MILK CAN.

APPLIcATmN FILED Mue, 1905.

UNITED Y,STATES yIDAITENT i OFFICE.

HARRY E. DILL, OFCLARINDA, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO OLARINDA POULTRY, BUTTER & EGG CO., OF OLARINDA, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

MILK-CAN'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed March 30, 1905. Serial No. 252|858- zen of the United States of America, residing at Clarinda, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Cans, of which the milk-cans, and has special reference to cans for transporting milk and cream to creameries.

The object of th'e invention is to provide a can by the use of which sample-jars may be carried in a compact form Without liability to breakage and in a handy and cleanly manner.

Large creameries obtain their supply from a number of'patrons at scattered points, and these patrons deliver their cream to station agents, whose duty it is to weigh the cream and 'take out a sample to be tested atthe central plant to determine thepercentage of butter-fat in the cream. Unlessa sample is taken and shipped separately from the main` quantity of the cream it is necessary to ship many cans which would be only partly filled, and this is a great expense, as the transportation chargeson a partly-filled can are the same as on one which is full. To overcome this waste, sample-jars have heretoforebeen shipped in a long tube which has been placed inside Vthe can containing the cream. Y When the can is received at the central plant, this tube must be removed and is found always covered with cream which must be removed or washed from the tube before the jars are taken from the tube to test the samples. This method is obviously unclean and unhandy and causes a great loss of cream. It has also heretofore been a practice to place the sample-jars in a small box which was tied or otherwise vfastened to the can; but this method-has been very objectionable, as it was unhandy for the railway or otheremployees Who had to handle `the cans.

the jars occurred through breakage dueto overturning of the can and other accidents. IAll these objections are avoided in the present invention, which consists in utilizing the lid of the can as a carrier and sealing the cover to the body ofthe can in such manner that CRDS.

Furthermore, frequent losses of.

the jars are held firmly in place, so that they cannot break and will be entirely out of contact with the cream in the can.

- In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical diametrical section of a milk-can embodying the invention.` Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line m w of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plan View. f l

The can A is of the usual or any preferred form and of the usual capacity. The lid B is formed with a hollow depending portion O, fitting Within the cylindrical neck of the can, and within this depending portion above the bottom of the same is a horizontal partition or diaphragm D, having a pluralityof openings E. On the inner wall of the lid is provided a loop or keeper F, and at a point diametrically opposite the said keeper the lid is provided with asmall opening or perforation G, which is adapted to register with a similar opening or perforation in the neck of the can near the upper edge of the same. The cover H is provided with a small tongue, lug, or.

of the lid, while the cover rests upon the tops of the jars. It will thus be seen that a large number-,of sample-jars may be shipped without taking up any more room than is nowkoccupied Without shipping the jars, and, furthermore, the cans can be filled, so that there will be no paying of charges on partly-filled The jars do not touch the cream in the can, so that they reach the central plant in a clean conditionand there is no inconvenience in handling the cansin transportation. The jars cannot move around Within the lid, as

such movement is prevented by the horizontal partition, and as the cover rests against the tops of the jars the can may be entirely overturned without any breakage or loss of the jars. The cover being sealed to the lid and the can, yitcannot be removed without such tampering being detected..

The device is very simple and will add but an inconsiderable triiie to the cost of thecans.

, Having thus described my invention, what rooJ I claim, and desire to Secure hy Letters Patent, is*V 1. A milk-een lid having t horizontal purtition adapted to receive sample-jars, a keeper on the side of the lid, n cover having zt tongue engaging the said keeper, the said Cover being adapted to rest on the tops of the samplejars, and means for fastening the cover to the lid.

2. The combination of the lid adapted to receive sample-jars and having a keeper on its side, a cover having a tongue engaging said keeper and provided with :i fasteningphtteztta point removed from the smid tongue, n sealing-wire inserted through smid fastening-plate und the side ol the lid, und :l seni holding the ends of the Suid wire.

In testimony whereof l have signed this speeiliention in the presence ole two suhserihing Witnesses.

11A RH Y E. l) l LL.

Witnesses:

J AMus F. Non'roN, J oHN PAir'ruN. 

